This Week In Ditmas Park
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Here’s a recap of what happened in our neighborhood last week:
• First, Juno was going to be the snowmageddon of all snowmageddons…
• … and the impending snowpocalypse canceled our Kings Theatre preview performance …
• … closed our schools …
• … and shut down our subways and buses.
• But, then, Juno came and went without ending the world…
• … leaving our kids to enjoy their first snow day of the school year …
• … and all of us to take photos of snow dogs, snow angels and all things snow in Ditmas Park!
• Here’s where you can eat and drink your way through Super Bowl Sunday.
• 773 Lounge is many steps closer to rebuilding after a huge fundraiser last weekend.
• Local lawmakers slammed a city property tax exemption program, saying it has lined big developers’ pockets and paved the way for gentrification.
• A new food co-op will soon be opening in our area.
• Looking for a job? Here are a bunch of places in our neighborhood that are hiring.
• Subway riders’ commute was delayed for a ‘very New York’ reason: a man running around the tracks.
• If you’re a visual artist, musician, comedian, dancer, or author, you might want to apply to this.
• You know what sledding’s like in Prospect Park now. But what about in 1933?
• Looking to volunteer? This neighborhood group needs help now.
• Famous Pita is gone for good, and Max’s Chicken & Burger will soon open in its place.
• Lark Café owner Kari Browne celebrated the opening of her new spot, ELK.
• If you’re going to break into a car, it’s probably best if you don’t leave a trail of footprints in the snow.
• Remnants of life long ago on Flatbush Avenue.
• Have you seen these missing pups?